Professors and deans speculated this spring that turmoil in Washington — and more specifically President Trump’s so-called Muslim ban and the high-profile response of lawyers who flocked to airports to help those affected — would prompt more people to consider law school. The June LSAT, which is widely viewed as the first of the 2018 admissions cycle, offered the first real test of the Trump Bump theory. ...

Council President Kellye Testy said this week that Trump may well be a factor in June’s “significant” increase in LSAT takers. “I think people are starting to understand again the necessity for the rule of law,” she said. “Our current political climate has demonstrated that.”